Flight & Hotel OTAs · India · The CITE Index
AI search visibility for flight & hotel otas brands in India
The brands ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Mode recommend when an Indian buyer asks an unaided question. Updated nightly. Every claim links back to the verbatim engine answer that produced it.
Brands tracked
09
Editions to date
44
Engines
03
The Daily Fixing
3 engines · live
Timeline · 44 editions
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- Ed 0119 MayBooking.com
- Ed 0220 MayBooking.com
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- Ed 1331 MayBooking.com
- Ed 1401 JunBooking.com
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- Ed 1906 JunBooking.com
- Ed 2007 JunBooking.com
- Ed 2108 JunBooking.com
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- Ed 3120 JunBooking.com
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- Ed 4130 JunBooking.com
- Ed 4202 JulBooking.com
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Previously on The CITE Index
3 prior chapters
- 3 Jul
- 2 Jul
- 30 Jun
Editor's note
4 July 2026 · 21:00 IST
Cite Solutions Research
Booking.com appeared 5.1% less often in flight & hotel otas answers today than yesterday.
The move
Booking.com held the lead, named in 81.3% of flight & hotel otas answers (rank 1). The biggest day-over-day move was Booking.com, which appeared 5.1% less often than yesterday.
Each engine still picks its own favourite — ChatGPT recommended Booking.com most, Gemini led with Booking.com, and Google AI Mode pointed to Booking.com.
What it means
Awaiting editorial review. The reading above is auto-generated from today's data; a Cite Solutions Research analyst will replace this paragraph with a structural read of the day.
What moved this — the receipts
5 cited
ixigo- ixigo
- ixigo
Booking.comGrowing citation
ChatGPT5 → 8 cites (+3) on CHATGPT
sblog / best travel apps for planning trips in indiastayvista.com/blog/best-travel-apps-for-planning-trips-in-india- Booking.com
Trajectory · top 5
44 days
Share of voice (%)
Brand position map
Rank × mentions · per engine
Top-left = high mentions, top rank. Bottom-right = high mentions but lower rank — coverage exists but the model isn't placing the brand first.
Engine divergence
Engine divergence
All three agree on #1All three engines name the same #1 brand today (Booking.com). When this happens, the brand is structurally winning across retrieval surfaces.
Today's metrics
Engine gaps
9
brands invisible on 1+ engines
Per-engine verdict
Full lineup
9 brands · 3 engines
Mentions
Source pool
Hover for engine split
Sentiment composition
Booking.com60/33/4/3
MakeMyTrip60/36/3/1ixigo66/31/3/0
Goibibo53/38/9/0
EaseMyTrip55/43/3/0
Agoda55/45/0/0
Cleartrip37/63/0/0Engine fan-out queries
- No fan-out queries surfaced today.
- No fan-out queries surfaced today.
- No fan-out queries surfaced today.
Prompts run today
50 of 50 · full responses on the edition
- 01Best flight booking app India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 02Cheapest flight booking app India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 03Best app to book domestic flights India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 04Best app to book international flights India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 05Best flight booking with no convenience fee India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 06Best flight booking with cashback India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 07Best app for last-minute flights India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 08Best flight comparison app India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 09Best flight booking app for business travel India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 10Best app for student flight discounts India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 11Best hotel booking app India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 12Cheapest hotel booking app India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 13Best app for budget hotels India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 14Best app for premium hotels India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 15Best app for hotel deals India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 16Best app for honeymoon packages India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 17Best app for family trip hotels India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 18Best app for hill station hotels India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 19Best app for beach hotels India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 20Best app for last-minute hotel booking India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 21Best travel package India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 22Best honeymoon package India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 23Best Goa package India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 24Best Kerala package India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 25Best Kashmir package India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 26Best international vacation package India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 27Best Bali package India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 28Best Thailand package India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 29Best Maldives package India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 30Best Europe vacation package India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 31Best app to book train tickets India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 32Best app to book bus tickets India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 33Best app for IRCTC alternative India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 34Best app to check PNR status India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 35Best app for Tatkal booking India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 36Best app for bus India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 37Best app for cab booking India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 38Best app for car rental India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 39Best app for self-drive cars India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 40Best app for airport cab India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 41Top travel apps India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 42Best Indian travel website 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 43Most trusted travel app India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 44Travel app market leader India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 45Best travel agency app India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 46Travel app rankings India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 47Best app for travel insurance India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 48Best app for visa application India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 49Travel app recommendation India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
- 50Best app overall travel India 20260 enginesRead receipts →
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